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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 39
(Chapter 14: Land, Public Works and Utilities)
Land Usage as at March 31, 1994
Class
A. Developed Lands
Approximate area (km2)
Percentage
of total
Remarks
i. Commercial
ii. Residential
2
0.2
41
3.8
iii. Public Rental Housing
11
1.0
iv. Industrial
11
1.0
Including all residential areas except public rental housing estates, HOS/PSPS and temporary housing
areas
Including HOS/PSPS
Including warehouse and storage
v. Open Space
15
1.4
vi. Government, Institution and
Community Facilities
17
1.6
vii. Vacant Development Land
37
viii. Roads/Railways
26
ix. Temporary Housing Areas
58 -
3.4
Including land with construction in progress
2.4
Including flyovers and railway lands
1
0.1
B. Non-built-up Lands*
i. Woodlands
220
20.3
ii. Grass and scrub
519
47.9
iii. Badlands, swamp and mangrove
44
4.0
iv. Arable
64
5.9
v. Fish ponds
16
1.5
Natural and established woodlands
Natural grass and scrubland
Land stripped of cover, or denuded granite country including coastal brackish swamp and mangrove
Cultivable lands, including orchards and market gardens, under cultivation and fallow
Fresh and brackish water fish farming excluding coastal marine fish farms
vi. Temporary structures/livestock farms
12
1.1
vii. Reservoir
viii. Other uses
223
261
2.4
[
2.0
Including cemetery, crematorium, mine and quarry etc.
Total
1 084
100.0
Note:
* Within these are 413 km2 of country parks and special areas designated under the Country Parks Ordinance for protection of vegetation and wild life
and for recreation.